Aegirine

Formula: NaFe3+Si2O6

Aegirine is the most common pyroxene mineral at Mont Saint-Hilaire, and is a major constituent of pegmatites. Crystals range from tiny crystals up to prismatic crystals up to 30cm long. Smaller crystals can range in colour from very pale to dark green (most common), yellow, brown or red, The larger crystals are invariably black.

Dark aegirine, white gonnardite, and pinkish eudialyte. Doug Merson specimen and photo. Width of view 3.48mm.
Colourless prisms of natrolite on dark green aegirine. Steve Sorrell specimen and photo.